Cour Wind Farm (20.5 MW)
Cour Wind Farm is a 20.5 MW wind farm project in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 December 2016; the record was last updated on 3 April 2018.
20.5 MWwind farm
operationalstatus in REPD
3 April 2018record last updated
Argyll and Butecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 21 May 2010 | Application submitted |
| 17 October 2012 | Planning permission granted |
| 19 November 2015 | Construction started |
| 1 December 2016 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 20.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 3 April 2018
- Operator or applicant
- Octopus Investments/Blue Energy
- Planning authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Planning application reference
- 10/00909/PP
- Turbines
- 10
- Address (REPD)
- Carradale Argyll And Bute
- Council area (by location)
- Argyll and Bute
- Time to decision
- 126 weeks
- REPD reference
- 3772
Who decides
| Applications | Argyll and Bute | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 49 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 22 (45%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 4 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 21 of 41 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 53.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 4 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Constellation Wind Farm | wind farm | 48 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| Narachan Wind Farm | wind farm | 72.6 | refused | 5.5 |
| Deucheran Hill | wind farm | 15.8 | operational | 6.8 |
| Eascairt Wind Farm | wind farm | 26 | approved, not built | 6.9 |
| Largie Windfarm II | wind farm | 21 | refused | 7.4 |
| Corriechreive | wind farm | 30 | refused | 8.6 |
| Killean Wind Farm | wind farm | 59.4 | application submitted | 9.2 |
| Sheirdrim Renewable Energy Development Wind | wind farm | 114 | refused on appeal | 9.2 |
| Sheirdrim Renewable Energy Development Battery | battery storage | 38 | refused on appeal | 9.2 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (55.6807, -5.4849).